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New Dr. Who Episode Leaked
Cougem writes "BBC News is reporting on how an episode from the brand new series of the old science fiction TV show, Doctor Who, has been leaked onto the Internet. 'A 45-minute episode, called Rose, has appeared three weeks before the series is expected to begin on BBC One. Rose is the name of the character played by pop singer Billie Piper, who will be the assistant to the Doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston.' With people saying sci-fi appeals more to the technical minded viewer, will this TV show's release onto the Internet damage the ratings considerably for the BBC? Or is it a minor problem for a corporation whose role is just to provide the public with entertainment?" Maybe it will boost ratings, instead; the public buzz about "leaks" is still far ahead of the average viewer's ability to actually find and download.
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It will boost ratings instead. Sci Fi fans watch shows repeatedly plus they'll get better quality on tv than internet d/load.
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The BBC don't have an awful lot to gain from promoting it this way, that's not really the way the work. (In case anyone doesn't realise BBC is not for profit, and funded primarily by TV licenses which Brits are meant to have. If you don't have one the TV licesning thugs come around and break your legs.)
It's shocking, really. They go to all that effort to keep it secret, and dirty bastards go and ruin it all by watching it months ahead of time. The file-sharing creeps.
Having said that, it's a lot better than I expected. Billie Piper is a much better companion than I though she'd be, and the Doctor is quite credible as, er, a time-travelling alien. No mention of that half-human shite, which is nice.
It'd be injudicious of me to mention that the file is called Rose1.avi, and is 366757888 bytes long, so I won't.
Likewise dont go into watching this expecting it to be the BSG remake others where hoping for, THIS IS DR WHO, like Dr Who of when I was a kid and where watching the 60's reruns. Its campy and funny and ejoyable and a real family show. I know a lot of people where hoping for it to be remade but its not they are making this to be just like the old shows minus the cardbord and celophane sets.
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the ad revenue from one airing
The BBC is publicly funded and does not have any advertising revenue.
"What did they lose, the ad revenue from one airing?"
You seem to have misunderstood the entire principle of the BBC...no ads at all on their UK channels.
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There are 58 Seeds right now with the file - I'm sure you will get it.
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The BBC itself does actually want to try something similar, and you might have seen the articles here about the then director general Greg Dyke discussing a "BBC Archive", and I'm pretty sure the R&D dept. was messing around with Bit Torrent.
However, the main problem (as with the BBCs "listen again" radio feature, but far more problamatic for TV) is the Writers Guild of Great Britain, which is extremely upset that the BBC plans to offer these shows without paying royalties to the writers. They have yet to bash out an additional payment to allow this...
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In England if you have a TV you have to pay a license fee, which then in turn funds the BBC. At least that's how it's supposed to work...
Visit the BBC website and read its charter. You're both off, you moreso than the original poster.
As our Anonymous Coward friend says, STERN Pinball is still producing games. You are correct that Williams, who was the only one at the time, shut down. Since then, though, others have stepped up. Illinois Pinball Company (which doesn't appear to have a website) bought the rights to all the WMS games, and supposedly plans to rerelease some of them at some point.
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For those fans in the UK: apparently (after listening to Front Row) the first episode will show on TV on Saturday 26th March. Looking forward to it...
I'd better go and buy a sofa so I'll have something to hide behind if Davros appears...
CBC was the first international network to license the new Dr. Who series - this was announced last October. The series starts on Tuesday April 5th, at 8pm in most time zones. I'm very impressed - that's only a few days behind the UK broadcast schedule. Its been so many years since I the heyday of Tom Baker - http://www.tombaker.tv/ - Let's hope the next 13 episodes are worth watching!
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With any luck, BBC America will decide to show it. While I wouldn't mind having it on PBS, I'd rather have it on BBC America so I don't have to worry about whether or not any of my local stations pick it up. (Although I'm pretty sure KCET would, as they showed it for at least a decade when I was growing up.)
If anyone else wants to see BBC America show Dr. Who, go fill out this form on their site and let them know that you want to see it!
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